NYO-USA Performs R. Strauss’s “Eine Alpensinfonie“

Watch Sir Antonio Pappano lead NYO-USA in a performance of Richard Strauss’s “Eine Alpensinfonie,“ Op. 64, at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in 2019.
NYO-USA 2019 comprised 119 members-ages 16-19 and hailing from 33 US states-who were recognized by Carnegie Hall as some of the finest players in the country following a comprehensive national audition process. In preparation for its performance activities in the New York area and abroad, NYO-USA once again worked with an impressive list of principal players from many of the nation’s top professional orchestras during its training residency.
Following a return to the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, Sir Antonio Pappano and NYO-USA took the stage Carnegie Hall for the orchestra’s annual concert in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The program included Strauss’s “Eine Alpensinfonie” and Berlioz’s “Les nuits d’été” featuring renowned mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. The orchestra then departed to Europe for debut performances as part of the Young Euro Classic series at Konzerthaus Berlin with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, as well as the Edinburgh International Festival and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and a return to the BBC Proms and Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

[@kevinbai9076]

20:45 🤩🤩🤩🤩 Summit

[@Brandonaguillon]

It’s crazy to believe that a good amount of these high schoolers have played Eine Alpensinfonie PRIOIR to being in NYO USA... TMEA 2018 was something else...

[@jazarra]

Brandon Aguillon oh yes it was😖

[@markyochoa]

Wonder who did it better 😈 naw jk. Were you in this? I know the principal trumpet was in a NYO.

[@Brandonaguillon]

@@markyochoa I was in NYO this summer, so we did the virtual ensembles. They should be posting a virtual rite of spring performance soon!

[@markyochoa]

@@Brandonaguillon That's so cool.. bummer that it had to be virtual. How was that experience

[@Brandonaguillon]

@@markyochoa it was great, they did a lot for us to make sure we still had a great experience. Hopefully this next summer we’ll be able to tour!

[@RonRova]

20:45….Bass Trombone….Niiice!

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

Wonderful performance. I watched part of a rehearsal of this music with NYO,USA. That was very interesting. Glad to have found this channel.

[@leestamm3187]

Great performance by the young musicians. I love the peppy tempo, which is much more like Strauss conducted it. Speaking as an old geezer, it's great to see a young generation of players doing justice to this challenging and exciting masterwork.Well done.

[@dylantharp87]

I wish I could get this entire video tattooed on the inside of my eyelids

[@FarberBassoon]

Omg

[@natepetersenmusic]

Felt that

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[@soapk5245]

It would be amazing if they played Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2!!! My gosh the winds are so amazing!

[@douglasyiuchinglok307]

@Joe Soap Why?

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

One day, just one day

[@_anthony_2535]

Same here

[@raffaelelazzaroni7725]

Cowbells at 13:36, wind machine at 31:00, wind machine and thunder machine at 33:40.

[@ash81818]

8:24 geez this sound scared me lol

[@trumpetlover5022]

23:28 the best

[@jakenowell5211]

33:48 lol

[@johnnywhite58]

Sorry frivolous comment: who decided on the red pants ?

[@__donez__]

And Chucks?!

[@reubenconducts5792]

They've been part of NYO-USA's wardrobe since its inception in 2013! Converse, too :)

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

@@reubenconducts5792 At least the Red adds some colour to the trad Black outfits. Converse must be glad of free advertising.

[@chindanaipornsing9033]

30:00

[@tyrunwilloughbyjr.8220]

15:13 16:00 18:20 24:20

[@ibizaking]

was it not possible to move the piano off the stage?

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

25:48

[@evanmallon3460]

horns at 31:25, phenomenal playing

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

22:00

[@orlandismaise9721]

20:46

[@travishanover5807]

24:34 20:40 33:48

[@EliotLee123]

yee yee

[@146sst]

yee yee

[@robertkohler1048]

yee yee

[@orionmiller9720]

yee yee

[@ajaymallya2903]

late yee yee xD

[@OliverIkuto]

yee yee

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

31:50

[@lonestarstar]

16:55 Auf dem Gletscher

[@jmonhenderson555]

23:01

[@dylantharp87]

Wig!!!!!!

[@playermartin286]

Why everything so fast?

[@jgesselberty]

Have to agree. The performance is amazing, but tempi are fast.

[@AlexMartinez-bl6pl]

Probs how the conductor wanted it, he is Italian, maybe an Italian interpretation ?

[@kevinbai9076]

Alex Martinez oh yes it was indeed the conductor’s wishes 😅

[@aaronwon1143]

Was wondering the same thing.

[@ibizaking]

Strauss wrote, the piece would have to be about 48 minutes....

[@ershenlin1774]

For those who think this performance is too fast: the composer conducted it in 45 min 40 sec (1941), when he was 77 yo. He could have been faster when he was younger. Today's conductors are simply too slow.

[@ulrichalbrecht9723]

the best time for the alpensinfonie is 50 min for my taste

[@leestamm3187]

I prefer the Strauss-like tempo used in this performance. I can enjoy it played a bit more slowly, but I personally find anything much over 50 minutes seriously detracts from the energy and gravitas that Strauss intended. I listen often to his 1941 recording as my reference for this piece.

[@vjekop932]

Irrelevant. Strauss didn't care for his music and he conducted it poorly. This is the case with many composers, most famously Tchaikovsky who hated everything he wrote. Most of the time composers have absolutely no idea what they've written and how it should be performed.

[@MrMichaelvier]

@@vjekop932 Strauss was one of the greatest conductors of his time.!!!!!..How dare you wrote, he conducted poorly and he didn´t care for his music. From whom you got that absolutely stupid crap knowledge??? And how stupid is the last sentence??? i have no words for such an idiotic comment.!!!! " " ........" Composers have absolutely no idea what they´ve written and how it should be performed"......?????? Get yourself some decent knowledge before posting such crap on here!!!! Me : M.Vier, i am a Member of the Richard Strauss Foundation more than 40 years .!!

[@ShockzG5]

@@vjekop932 very interesting. If this is true that is very fascinating as it seems a lot of the most popular classical compositions have lots of character behind them

[@kurtlautenshlager4878]

Low brass too quiet ://///

[@trumpetlover5022]

33:48 lol

[@ShockzG5]

30:00

[@ShockzG5]

36:57